41:1 Keep silence before me, O isles; and let the people renew {their} strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 
41:1 Keep silence before me, O isles; and let the people renew {their} strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 

41:2 Who raised up the righteous {man} from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made {him} rule over kings? he gave {them} as the dust to his sword, {and} as driven stubble to his bow. 
41:2 Who raised up the righteous {man} from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made {him} rule over kings? he gave {them} as the dust to his sword, {and} as driven stubble to his bow. 

41:3 He pursued them, {and} passed safely; {even} by the way {that} he had not gone with his feet. 
41:3 He pursued them, {and} passed safely; {even} by the way {that} he had not gone with his feet. 

41:4 Who hath wrought and done {it}, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I {am} he. 
41:4 Who hath wrought and done {it}, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I {am} he. 

41:5 The isles saw {it}, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 
41:5 The isles saw {it}, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 

41:6 They helped every one his neighbor; and {every one} said to his brother, Be of good courage. 
41:6 They helped every one his neighbour; and {every one} said to his brother, Be of good courage. 

41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, {and} he that smootheth {with} the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It {is} ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, {that} it should not be moved. 
41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, {and} he that smootheth {with} the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It {is} ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, {that} it should not be moved. 

41:8 But thou, Israel, {art} my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 
41:8 But thou, Israel, {art} my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 

41:9 {Thou} whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said to thee, Thou {art} my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 
41:9 {Thou} whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from its chief men, and said to thee, Thou {art} my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 

41:10 Fear thou not; for I {am} with thee: be not dismayed; for I {am} thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 
41:10 Fear thou not; for I {am} with thee: be not dismayed; for I {am} thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 

41:11 Behold, all {they that were} incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that contend with thee shall perish. 
41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that contend with thee shall perish. 

41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, {even} them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught. 
41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, {even} them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 

41:13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 
41:13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 

41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, {and} ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 
41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, {and} ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 

41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat {them} small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 
41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat {them} small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 

41:16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, {and} shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 
41:16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, {and} shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 

41:17 {When} the poor and needy seek water, and {there is} none, {and} their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, {I} the God of Israel will not forsake them. 
41:17 {When} the poor and needy seek water, and {there is} none, {and} their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 

41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 
41:18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 

41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: 
41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together: 

41:20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 
41:20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. 

41:21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong {reasons}, saith the King of Jacob. 
41:21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong {reasons}, saith the King of Jacob. 

41:22 Let them bring {them} forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they {are} that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come. 
41:22 Let them bring {them} forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they {are}, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come. 

41:23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye {are} gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold {it} together. 
41:23 Show the things that are to come after this, that we may know that ye {are} gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold {it} together. 

41:24 Behold, ye {are} of nothing, and your work of naught: an abomination {is he that} chooseth you. 
41:24 Behold, ye {are} of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination {is he that} chooseth you. 

41:25 I have raised up {one} from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as {upon} mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay. 
41:25 I have raised up {one} from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as {upon} morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 

41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and before time, that we may say, {He is} righteous? verily, {there is} none that showeth, verily, {there is} none that declareth, verily, {there is} none that heareth your words. 
41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and in times past, that we may say, {He is} righteous? verily, {there is} none that showeth, verily, {there is} none that declareth, verily, {there is} none that heareth your words. 

41:27 The first {shall say} to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. 
41:27 The first {shall say} to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. 

41:28 For I beheld, and {there was} no man; even among them, and {there was} no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. 
41:28 For I beheld, and {there was} no man; even among them, and {there was} no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. 

41:29 Behold, they {are} all vanity, their works {are} nothing: their molten images {are} wind and confusion. 
41:29 Behold, they {are} all vanity; their works {are} nothing: their molten images {are} wind and confusion.